President Donald Trump has pledged to revitalize the nation’s coal industry but employment in that sector is at a record low, according to federal data, and many major coal-burning power plants across Appalachia are using other fuels or closing down entirely.

The D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated an order by the Federal Communications Commission limiting federal subsidies for wireless providers bringing service to tribal lands, finding it unfairly impacted access and affordability for Native Americans.

Seven development districts claim in court that the Kentucky Department of Local Government is illegally withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked for rural jobs programs, public safety and elderly care to fill a gap left by a budget shortfall.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing his new agriculture secretary to identify and eliminate what Trump says are unnecessary regulations that hurt farmers and rural communities.

Senators on Wednesday heard of the challenges they will have to overcome to meet President Donald Trump’s plan to improve the country’s infrastructure, one of the few White House goals that has a measure of bipartisan support in Congress.